Mailing-tube.



J. KLEGER.

MAILING TUBE.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 1914.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KLEGER, OF MARSHLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 0. H. STOCKWELL, JR., F CLATSKQNIE, OREGON.

MAILING-TUBE.

Application filed April 9, 1914. Serial No. 830,735.

2 '1. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOH-N KLEGER, cltizen of the United States, residing at Ma-rsh-' i which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mailing tubes or wrappers, and has for one of its ob ects to provide an inexpensive article of this char acter which may be readily adapted to the size of the article to be mailed and in which provision is made for protecting the contents of the wrapper from injury and llkewiseto prevent the escape of the article from the 1nclosure during transit.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device which may be shipped in quantities knocked down or flat form.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device including a protecting casing or wrapper which is readily adaptable to the size of the article to be mailed, an inner wrapper or envelop, and an external wrapper or casing so arranged that the various portions strengthen and support each. other.

ii'ith these and other objects in viewthe invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim: and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure l is a view of theimproved device in its flat or open form. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the improved device in its closed form in condition for mailing. Fig- 1v is a transverse seetion on the line H of Fig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises three portions. a main body portion which forms the protecting casing of the package of relatively heavy cardboard, an envelop-like portion preferably attached to'tlie'inner face of the body and designed to contain the article to be maile l. and an outer wrapper or casing attached to the outer face of the body and adapted to be wrapped around the body after the latter has been rolled around the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

the improved device is represented as a whole at 10 and is greater in length than the article to be mailed and sufficiently wide to enable the body to be rolled around the mailed article with the edges overlapping to asuflicient extent to afford the necessary protection to the mailed article. The body may be of any required width to enable the edges to be overlapped to any 'required extent, and one edge will be chamfered or reduced; as represented in Fig. 2 at 11, the object to be hereafter explained.

An envelop-like device is attached to the inner face of the body 10, preferably near the edge farthest from the chamfered edge 11, and includes a body portion 12, side flaps 13-14: and end flaps 1516, the vari ous flaps adapted to be folded inwardly in superimposed relation with each other and with the body 12 and thus form an envelop or wrapper in which the article to be mailed is inclosed. The body 12 of the envelop member is cemented or otherwise secured as indicated at 17 to the body 10.

Secured to the body 10, preferably by pasting, is a strip of material to constitute the exterior wrapper of the improved device and preferably formed of tough readily foldable paper and represented as a whole at 18. The member 18 is considerably longer than the body 10 and projects beyond the ends of the same, the projecting portions forming the closures for the ends of the protruding casing or tube as the latter is rolled around the article to be mailed as hereafter explained.

With a device thus constructed when an article is-to be mailed, it is deposited upon the body 12 of the envelop and the various flaps 13141516 folded inwardly in superimposed relation and thus form an envelop or wrapper which entirely incloses the article to be mailed. The various flaps may be folded in any desired order, but generally the flap 14 will first be folded then the end flaps 1516 folded over the folded flap 14, and the flap 13 folded over the folded flaps 15 -16. If preferred, the last flap to be folded, as for instance the flap 13, may be provided with an adhesive indicated at 20 to secure the contents of the envelop after the various flaps have been folded. The body 10, which as before stated, is construct ed of relatively heavy cardboard material,

article to be mailed. The body portion of is then rolled around the folded envelop member with its inclosure to transf arm the body 10 into a tube corresponding in diamthe member 18'has been wrapped around the rolled vmember 10 and the ends tucked in, the adhesive 21 may be moistened and secured to the outer surface of the wrapper as Will be obvious. By this means the tubular-like member is effectually secured in its tubular form and the contents amply protected from injury or from displacement from the closure. The reduced edge 11 en- 'ables the tube tobe formed without producing an objectionable ridge or protuberance in the wrapper member 18 when the latter incloses the-tube, and is therefore an important ,feature of the device. The inner envelop member is also an important feature of applicants device and adds materially to its value and efliciency, as the article which is to be mailed is thoroughly protected and. so P revented from displacement. By employing the envelop-like structure, small articles such as seeds and the like, may be safely mailed or otherwise shipped without danger of loss.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be manufactured of any re-' quired size and any required proportions to adapt it to the nature or form of the matter to be mailed. The various members may be of water-proof material and thus provide ample rotection to the contents of the. envelop rom moisture, and likewise protect contiguous mailing matter from I contact with the contents of the envelop. By this means articles which would otherwise be non-mailable may be safely mailed without dan er of injury to other mail matter.

aving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A mailing receptacle including an oblong body capable of being rolled into tubular form, an envelop device carried by the body, the said envelop device including a substantially rectangular body portion secured intermediate its ends to the body adjacent one end thereof, the said body having its 0 posite extremities free and providing side aps, and laterally extending flaps projectin from the longitudinal side edges of the sai body portion substantiallymidway the ends thereof and contiguous to the adjacent end of the said first mentioned'body, the said last mentioned flaps being of a width less than the length of the body portion of the envelop device and being adapted to coact with each other and with said first mentioned flaps to completely inclose the article to be mailed, and a substantially rectangular wrapper carried by the extremity of the body opposite theenvelop device, the said body being connected substantially midway its ends to one longitudinal edge of the wrapper with the wrapper normally. projecting laterally beyond the adjacent end of the body, the

wrapper being of a length considerably greater than the width of the body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN KLEGER.

Witnesses:

C. H. ROCKWELL, Jr., R. W. REED. 

